Category Archives: Historical research

Grandfather's handwritten account of his father's life

It’s a good story, but…

For many years, the only thing I knew about my great-grandfather was that he had been an Ohio soldier in the Civil War. His granddaughters, my aunt Nancy Lybarger Rhoades, told me two stories about him that she had been told by

Grandfather's handwritten account of his father's life

It’s a good story, but…

For many years, the only thing I knew about my great-grandfather was that he had been an Ohio soldier in the Civil War. His granddaughters, my aunt Nancy Lybarger Rhoades, told me two stories about him that she had been told by

A fasionable young lady in the 1860's

Do you make good coffee?

What were a woman’s most important qualities in the 1860s, in the eyes of a Union soldier? Edwin Lybarger, an officer in the 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, received letters from a dozen Northern women between 1862 and the end of the war

A fasionable young lady in the 1860's

Do you make good coffee?

What were a woman’s most important qualities in the 1860s, in the eyes of a Union soldier? Edwin Lybarger, an officer in the 43rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry, received letters from a dozen Northern women between 1862 and the end of the war

Col. Joseph L. Kirby Smith, 43rd OVI

Great-grandfather’s photo album

      Edwin Lewis Lybarger (1840-1924), my great-grandfather, compiled a photograph album at the end of the Civil War. He had served for nearly four years in the 43rd Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry (1861-65), in the Army of the Mississippi from Feb. 1862

Col. Joseph L. Kirby Smith, 43rd OVI

Great-grandfather’s photo album

      Edwin Lewis Lybarger (1840-1924), my great-grandfather, compiled a photograph album at the end of the Civil War. He had served for nearly four years in the 43rd Ohio Veteran Volunteer Infantry (1861-65), in the Army of the Mississippi from Feb. 1862

Robert Sneden's watercolor of Camp Lawton, 1864

650 Buried Here

CAMP LAWTON, near Millen, Georgia October - November, 1864 Confederate prison camp for captured Union soldiers       In the summer of 2010, near Millen, Georgia, a team of Georgia Southern University archeology students discovered artifacts on the site of a 42-acre Civil War prison,

Robert Sneden's watercolor of Camp Lawton, 1864

650 Buried Here

CAMP LAWTON, near Millen, Georgia October - November, 1864 Confederate prison camp for captured Union soldiers       In the summer of 2010, near Millen, Georgia, a team of Georgia Southern University archeology students discovered artifacts on the site of a 42-acre Civil War prison,

Rules of Civility

“In causes of passion, permit reason to govern.”

George Washington wrote out a copy of The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation in his school book when he was about sixteen years old. Because his father died when he was 11, many biographers consider

Rules of Civility

“In causes of passion, permit reason to govern.”

George Washington wrote out a copy of The Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation in his school book when he was about sixteen years old. Because his father died when he was 11, many biographers consider